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Review about: Furniture Village
Divan Set
Steer Clear of Furniture Village and look a little deeper into the positive reviews...
Beware of positive reviews as you are sent the link to review your experience as soon as you leave the shop, which is after having been seduced by a number of hot cookies, coffee and a sales assistant with the gift of the gab!
Hence, you'll notice most reviews start with: "x staff member of x store was brilliant...". This is all before you've received any goods or realised how much money you have been talked into spending at Furniture Village!
I very clearly explained to the Croydon branch sales assistant (Shante) that I was looking for a £2k mattress which must be soft to the extent that I sink into it, otherwise I'd end up with chronic back ache.
Shante led me to a Vi-Spring Countess mattress which I said immediately was way out of my price league at £4500 just for the mattress. I was advised to lay on it anyway as this would give her an idea of exactly what type of mattress Iwas looking for. Next thing, the £4500 mattress is being laid on the floor by Shante and her colleague so that I could gauge just how soft this particular mattress would feel on a hard surface, e.g., my current wooden slated mattress; then in quick succession appeared six hot cookies and coffees.
I was then told that if I really wanted a soft mattress, I should think about a soft divan base to go with my mattress.
Needless to say, I ended up signing up to the countess Divan set at just shy of £8,000 and sadly, some 10 weeks after having taken delivery of the divan set, I've been left in agony with a seized-up base of spine and very sore hips from what is in actual fact a rock-solid bed.
I did go for the soft base option, which felt soft in the shop, and indeed the mattress appears soft when you sit on the side; but the pillow top surface is absolutely rock solid; so, as soon as you lay out flat and your body weight is evenly distributed, the mattress simply doesn't budge. Shante won't care about my back issues though as she'll already have spent her commission on the £8k sale and will have moved onto her next victims - this being despite me telling her at the outset that I only wanted a £2k very soft mattress that I could sink into, otherwise I'd end up with severe back ache!
As for the £3500 base, the headboard is loose (as fitted by the delivery guys) and when you try to tighten the screws attaching it to the base, they simply spin as though the threads are stripped.
I've contacted the store and was passed onto Customer Service, who simple asked if I'd received the divan set I'd ordered; when I said, yes it says soft on the mattress but it's actually rock hard, the Customer Service agent simply said, "you've got the divan set you ordered so there is nothing I can do - I'll refer you back to the Croydon store manager". Naturally, no joy from the Croydon manager!
You've been warned...!!!